ammunitions

noun

plural of ammunition
as in weapons
means or method of defending be certain that all of your accusations are true, lest you just give them ammunition to claim that all of them are false

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Recent Examples of ammunitions Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv. — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ammunitions
  1. weapons
  2. defenses
  3. safeguards
  4. shields
  5. protections
  6. walls
Noun
  • However, replenishing those weapons at sea remains a significant logistical challenge.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Trump, meanwhile, said that the war with Iran would end on his terms, while insisting that Tehran must be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • The spa There are treatment rooms for a variety of massages, facials, and indulgences based on Wei Qi, a concept rooted in traditional Chinese medicine that boosts the body’s defenses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine’s defenses have been hobbled in recent days by unexplained failures of the Starlink and Starshield satellite systems that are a crucial tool to protect civilians from incoming Russian missiles and drone attacks.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • But these safeguards represent a substantial, continuing investment in protecting guests.
    — Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • That led to working with the supervisors and the county chief executive, who, Hsieh said, wanted to ensure there were certain safeguards.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • Dozens of armored cops were still standing guard, shields raised, after a night when 500 people were taken into custody in the French capital alone.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Swarms of police officers descended from helicopters and beat them with billy clubs and metal shields.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of shields
Noun
  • The credibility of a company’s European commitments depends on the operating arrangement and protections behind them.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Florida asked homeowners to accept fewer legal protections as part of the price of stabilizing the insurance market.
    — Matthew T. Christ, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • Meanwhile, North Korea has been adding mines, barbed wire fences, tactical roads, anti-tank walls and other fortifications to what's already one of the world's most heavily armed borders.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • From Mojave Ghost to Bal D’Afrique, its scents line the fragrance walls of the industry’s most fabulous faces, practically fly off retailers’s virtual shelves, and admittedly, help set the standard of what an indie brand could be.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of walls

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